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SUBJECT: CTC DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON UNSCR 1624, CTED TRIPS 
 
REF: A. WILCOX/SANDAGE EMAIL--09/05/06 
     ¶B. USUN 1663 
     ¶C. USUN 1521 
 
¶1.  BEGIN SUMMARY:  At its 169th meeting on September 7, the 
Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) 
discussed its draft report to the Security Council on 
resolution 1624 (2005), the Counter-Terrorism Committee's 
Executive Directorate's (CTED) July visit to Malaysia, CTED's 
upcoming visit to the Philippines with the 1267 Monitoring 
Team, and other visits CTED is planning (ref A).  While CTC 
members praised the draft 1624 report, the UK, Russia, and 
China said the CTC should do more to enhance states' 
implementation of the resolution.  CTC Chairman and Danish 
PermRep Ellen Margrethe Loj cautioned that the Security 
Council -- not the CTC -- should provide additional guidance 
for the CTC's work relating to UNSCR 1624 after it reviews 
the report.  Loj expected the Council might do so when she 
and the Chairmen of the 1267 and 1540 Committees brief the 
Council on September 28.  END SUMMARY. 
 
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1624 Report 
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¶2.  CTC members praised the draft report to the Security 
Council on states' implementation of UNSCR 1624, but the UK, 
China, and Russia pressed the CTC to do more to enhance 
states' implementation of UNSCR 1624, building on the 
information in the report.  (Note:  Five of the ten Council 
members have yet to report.  End Note.)  The UK said the 
draft report provides a useful basis for the CTC to help 
states build capacity to implement the resolution, including 
by spreading best practices.  Russia and China were even more 
forward-leaning, urging the CTC to provide states with 
guidelines for implementing UNSCR 1624 and to do more to 
secure reports from the 124 non-submitting states.  (Comment: 
 The CTC has no mandate to direct states how to implement 
UNSCR 1624, and this proposal would be  problematic for us. 
End Comment.)  In summing up the discussion, Chairman Loj 
said the CTC should distinguish between the report and any 
next steps relating to UNSCR 1624, noting that the Security 
Council -- not the CTC -- would draw conclusions from the 
report and provide direction on next steps. 
 
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CTED Trips 
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¶3.  Delegations generally welcomed CTED's report on its July 
10-14 trip to Malaysia.  CTED will incorporate comments into 
a revised draft, which the CTC will approve under a 
no-objection procedure.  Both the UK and Qatar commented on 
the report's discussion of Malaysia's detention of terror 
suspects without charges and called upon CTED to do more in 
its visits to raise human rights concerns with states. 
 
¶4.  CTED presented a draft agenda and plans for its September 
18-22 trip to the Philippines with the 1267 Monitoring Team. 
CTED plans to focus on: (a) counterterrorism legislation and 
remaining gaps, including the criminalization of terrorist 
acts and various forms of support for terrorism; (b) 
terrorism financing; (c) border control (immigration and 
customs); (d) law enforcement and practice; (e) extradition 
and mutual legal assistance to address weaknesses in current 
laws and practices; (f) recruitment of terrorists and 
training camps, particularly in the south of the country; and 
(g) technical assistance needed to supplement assistance the 
Philippines has received.  CTED and the three 1267 Monitoring 
Team participants will meet together and separately with 
Philippine officials.  CTED Executive Director Javier Ruperez 
will meet with the President of the Senate, the National 
Security Advisor, the Office of the President, and the heads 
of the Philippine National Police and the Anti-Terrorism Task 
Force under the Office of the President.  CTED also plans to 
meet with representatives of the G-8 Counter-Terrorism Action 
Group (CTAG) and the local UN Development Program (UNDP) 
coordinator.  Two representatives of the UN Office on Drugs 
and Crime, as well as one representative each from Interpol 
and the International Civil Aviation Organization will 
participate as well.  After the meeting, CTED Executive 
Director Ruperez reiterated CTED's request (ref C) for 
background information or consultations with the United 
States concerning the Philippines, which he would like before 
the trip. 
 
¶5.  CTED Executive Director Ruperez also summarized planning 
for CTED's other upcoming state visits and said CTED would 
propose a list of additional states to visit in 2007.  CTED 
will travel to Mali from October 2-6, to India from November 
6-13, and to Pakistan from November 17-24.  CTED hopes to 
travel to Indonesia in late November or early December and 
 
will travel to Kuwait from December 2-6.  Finally, CTED hopes 
to visit Nigeria in November and Bangladesh in early January 
¶2007. 
BOLTON